Rashida Tlaib

Rashida Tlaib (24 July 1976-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-MI 13) from 3 January 2019, succeeding John Conyers.

Biography
Rashida Tlaib was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1976 to a Palestinian immigrant family, and she served on the staff of a state representative before being elected to his seat. She served in the State House from 2009 to 2014, when she was forced to leave office due to term limits. Tlaib was the first Muslim woman to serve in the Michigan state legislature, and the second Muslim woman in history to be elected to any US state legislature. In 2018, she became the Democratic nominee for the 13th district in the US House of Representatives, and she ran unopposed, becoming both the first Muslim woman and Palestinian woman to serve in the US Congress.